#ThrowbackThursday - World Record 1904 Upside Down Loop Jump4

8 of 68

wide size

Previous Photo: "←" (left arrow)

Next Photo: "→ (right arrow)

Start/Stop Slideshow: "Ctrl + Space"

Suit? Check. Early 1900's beach cruiser? Check. Helmet? Whoops.

This Guiness Book of World Records entry is absolutely mind boggling: "Trick cycling was introduced by Ancillotti (Italy) in 1868 and, in 1904, at the Barnum Bailey Circus, one of the Ancillotti Troupe did a world first, riding down a ramp which looped the loop. At the head of the loop was a 3.3 m (10 ft) gap across which the rider leapt while upside down on his bicycle."